nowcast

== English == === Etymology === Blend of now +‎ forecast. === Verb === nowcast (third-person singular simple present nowcasts, present participle nowcasting, simple past and past participle nowcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) nowcasted) To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours). (statistics, modelling) To estimate what is currently happening based on knowledge of how data is biased. === Noun === nowcast (plural nowcasts) (meteorology) A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours. (statistics, modelling) An estimate made by nowcasting. ==== Derived terms ==== nowcasting === Anagrams === Cawston, Sactown, snowcat, ant cows